The Prince George Citizen - Wednesday, March 13, 2002 - 9 S p o r t s S t a r s , Rangers deal Canucks thump Predators DALLAS (CP) — The Dallas Stars He is expected to join the Stars in have traded left-winger Martin Montreal in time for a game Thurs­ NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Van­ the Canucks in the Chris Osgood stopped all 28 shots he Rue insky and centre Roman day night. Dallas is in the midst of a couver Canucks did not take the Preda­ game. faced in earning his 34th shutout and Lyashenko to the New York Rangers four-game road trip that includes tors lightly, and it paid off. Bertuzzi’s first fourth this season. He was pulled in for left-wingers Manny Malhotra and Toronto on Saturday and Chicago Todd Bertuzzi had two goals and two goal came at 9:52 both of this season’s previous games Barrett Heisten, the NHL team an­ next Monday. The Stars began the assists — tying his career-high for as he went top against Buffalo, including a 5-0 loss points in a game — as Vancouver shelf with a back­ last Thursday. nounced TUesday night. road trip by beating the Washington Malhotra, 21, has seven goals and six Capitals 5-2 Tuesday night. shutout the Nashville Predators 5-0 on hand shot to beat “It was a big game for us,” Osgood said. assists in 56 games with the Rangers Heisten, 21, has been assigned on Djesday night. Dunham. “We didn’t want them to gain any more this season, along with 42 penalty min­ “We wanted to make sure we started For his second goal, Bertuzzi left the ground on us than they already have.” loan to the AHL Utah Grizzlies. He out right against Nashville,” Bertuzzi penalty box and took an onside pass Senators 4 Wild 3 (OT) utes. The six-foot-two, 215-pound had appeared in 10 games with the winger has appeared in 206 career NHL Rangers at the beginning of the sea­ said. “We wanted to smother them. from Morrison. He then skated one- At St. Paul, Minn., Magnus Arvedson’s games, collecting 19 goals and 22 as­ “They’re known as a team that on-one against Dunham and beat him goal 1:41 into overtime lifted Ottawa son, going scoreless. Buffalo’s first- sists with 90 penalty minutes. round pick (20th overall) in the 1999 comes out of the gate really strong. We low to his glove side. past the Wild. Todd White, Chris Neil “He brings size, speed and a com­ entry draft, Heisten also has played in wanted to come out physical. 1 think Morrison, standing in front of the and Radek Bonk also scored as Ottawa petitive nature that is very important 49 games this season with the AHL we basically smothered them and took net, scored at 18:20 to make it 4-0 won its second straight road game. at this time of year,” said Dallas GM Hartford Wolf Pack, collecting nine over the game.” when he tipped in the rebound of a Flyers 1 Maple Leafs 1 Doug Armstrong. “He was the key to Brendan Morrison added a goal and seemingly harmless shot from the At Toronto, Gary Roberts scored with goals and nine assists. A member of the trade for the Dallas Stars.” the University of Maine’s 1999 NCAA two assists for the Canucks, who held the blue-line by Brent Sopel. just over two minutes remaining in the A first-round draft choice (seventh championship team who jumped to Predators to only one first-period shot — Sedin scored for the Canucks at 4:54 third period as the Maple Leafs tied overall) by the Rangers in the 1998 en­ the Western Hockey League’s Seattle tying Nashville’s record low set in 1999, of the third against Vokoun. It marked Philadelphia to take three of four points try draft, Malhotra broke into the league Thunderbirds in his 20-year-old sea­ also against the Canucks. Artem the second game in row that Vokoun from a home-and-home series with the in the 1998-99 season with a career- son, Heisten made his NHL debut this Chubarov and Henrik Sedin also scored. has replaced Dunham in the third peri­ Eastern Conference-leading Flyers. best eight goals and eight assists. season on Oct. 5 at Carolina. “We talked about coming out and od and allowed a goal. Stars 5 Capitals 2 dominating a team,” said Nashville ■ Buffalo Sabres fans greeted Do- At Washington, Sergei Zubov had a coach Barry Trotz. “Tonight was not minik Hasek with fond cheers when he goal and two assists as Dallas stopped our night. We were embarrassed by returned to HSBC Arena for the first a two-game losing streak with a win the first period. I am surprised by the time Sunday. over the Capitals. lack of resiliency. It is not a Predator They had other plans for former cap­ Lightning 4 Thrashers 4 trademark, and it will be resolved.” tain Michael Peca’s return Hiesday night. At Atlanta, Dan Boyle scored with Nashville finished with only 23 shots Peca was relentlessly booed every 11:55 left in regulation as Tampa Bay OPPORTUNITY on goal, giving Vancouver goaltender time he touched the puck in his first rallied from a three-goal deficit to tie Dan Cloutier his sixth shutout of the game back in Buffalo, helping the New the Thrashers. season and the seventh of his career. York Islanders beat the Sabres 3-0. Coyotes 3 Blackhawks 1 Is when 31% of local residents The Canucks failed to score on 15 first- “I had butterflies all day,” Peca said. “I At Phoenix, Daniel Briere scored his period shots, but found the net on four was sitting here in the locker-room right team-leading 27th goal and Robert Es- of 21 second-period shots against goal­ across from the clock, and it was like che made 38 saves as the Coyotes beat can’t name a Travel Agent tender Mike Dunham. Tomas Vokoun re­ every- tick was a repeat of my heartbeat.” Chicago for their fifth straight win. placed Dunham-to start the third. The Canucks wore down the Preda­ (and you’re a Travel Agent) tors with their solid play down low. Kovalchuk a fast healer “That's a staple of our team ... be in good condition and take it down low,” ATLANTA (AP) — The Thrashers’ through an interpreter. “I’m young and The Citizen has com m issioned a national Bertuzzi said. “We’ve got a lot of little team doctors and executives said I’m healthy. Hopefully I can be back.” guys so it’s a matter of working their Ilya Kovalchuk could be out six to The leading candidate for the Calder research firm to determ ine the nam e aw are­ defence and our working and coming eight weeks. Memorial Trophy, awarded to the ness o f hundreds o f firm s in dozens o f d iffer­ up with chances." Kovalchuk has other ideas. NHL’s top rookie, Kovalchuk was Chubarov scored the first goal at 2:26 The rookie forward thinks he can re­ deemed out for the year after dislocat­ ent categories. Yours m ay be one o f them . To of the second period when he skated turn this year, even if it’s only for the fi­ ing the joint between the collar bone down the left side of the ice, around the nal few games. and the right breast bone in the second find out m ore, see the big T.O .M .A. ad in net and put a wraparound shot by Dun­ “Doctors are always pessimistic in period of Atlanta’s March 10 game at today’s C itizen. ham, one of nine wraparound shots by their prognosis,” Kovalchuk said the New York Islanders. C P photo BACK IN THE SWING AGAIN — O lym p ic gold medal­ ists Jamie Sale and David Pelletier per­ Watch for form at the Sky re ach Centre in Cadbury Edm onton Maynards T u e s d a y NMed Egg, evening. 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The Raiders are to intro­ duce Callahan, a seven-year NFL assistant with no head coaching experience, during a news conference Wednesday THE SANDMAN CHALLENGE at their Alameda training facility. Saturday, March 23 at the There was little suspense in the Raiders’ decision. Though the team said it conducted an extensive search for its new Prince George Golf & Curling Club coach, apparently considering former Minnesota coach Den­ nis Green and Kansas City offensive co-ordinator Al Saunders, Callahan was the clear favourite to continue Gruden’s success­ EN TER T O D A Y for a chance to curl with Olyinpic ful tenure — simply because he never left the building.